/*
 * AtomicIntegerTransform.java January 2013
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2007, Niall Gallagher <niallg@users.sf.net>
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
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 */

package wx.xml.simpleframework.xml.transform;

import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;

/**
 * The <code>AtomicIntegerTransform</code> object is used to transform
 * values to and from string representations, which will be inserted
 * in the generated XML document as the value place holder. The
 * value must be readable and writable in the same format. Fields
 * and methods annotated with the XML attribute annotation will use
 * this to persist and retrieve the value to and from the XML source.
 * <pre>
 *
 *    &#64;Attribute
 *    private AtomicInteger integer;
 *
 * </pre>
 * As well as the XML attribute values using transforms, fields and
 * methods annotated with the XML element annotation will use this.
 * Aside from the obvious difference, the element annotation has an
 * advantage over the attribute annotation in that it can maintain
 * any references using the <code>CycleStrategy</code> object.
 *
 * @author Niall Gallagher
 */
class AtomicIntegerTransform implements Transform<AtomicInteger> {

    /**
     * This method is used to convert the string value given to an
     * appropriate representation. This is used when an object is
     * being deserialized from the XML document and the value for
     * the string representation is required.
     *
     * @param value this is the string representation of the value
     * @return this returns an appropriate instanced to be used
     */
    public AtomicInteger read(String value) {
        Integer number = Integer.valueOf(value);
        return new AtomicInteger(number);
    }

    /**
     * This method is used to convert the provided value into an XML
     * usable format. This is used in the serialization process when
     * there is a need to convert a field value in to a string so
     * that that value can be written as a valid XML entity.
     *
     * @param value this is the value to be converted to a string
     * @return this is the string representation of the given value
     */
    public String write(AtomicInteger value) {
        return value.toString();
    }
}